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August 21, 1944 19 Mr. Manfred; Bovditch, Director, American Industrial Hygiene Association, Massachusetts Department of Labor and Industries, 23 Jcy Street, Boston 14, Mass* Dear Bovditch: I am very grateful to you for vriting to me and sending me various iteijis of correspondence in relation to the problem of a meeting place for this year. Let me hasten to say that I am in complete agreement vith your opinion concerning the present difficulties of going along vith the A.A.I.Pi and S. Certainly the commercial aspects of this matter have been much too prominent and have been alloved to submerge moi+e primary considerations. I v&nt no part in any such procedure, and I should like to dissociate myself from the necessity of dealing vith such considerations. It would be my instant reaction to escape from this situation at once and directly, so as to make the issue quite clear, except for one consideration. In my opinion it Is not the intention of the Board ofi Directors and the common run of members of the A.A.I.P. and! 3. to rim the shov on this kind of a basis. I believe that! in time ve can effect a relationship vith this organization; in such a manner as to eliminated the features that are nov; embarrassing and so as to develop a mutually beneficial and scientific relationship. I object as much as you do to stalling and appeasement, and if ve cannot make some headvay in achieving our purpose, the A.I.H.A. vill have to cut loose. The consequences of this, in my opinion, vill be vorse for the doctors than it vill be for the industrial hygien ists. Perhaps it is for that reason that I feel as strongly as I do on the subject, but I think not. In my opinion, the importance of our going along together Is so great that ve can afford to carry on for a time vith unsatisfactory conditions, not, howeverj without presenting our ovn case aund fighting for vhat ve consider to be necessary. From the more recent correspondence received from Mr. Bloomfield and others. It appears that the issue has been settled for this year and that! ve are to meet with the A.A.I.P. and S. as in former years.! As chairman of this year's program committee, and as a member ojf certain committees in the A.A.I.P. and S. organi zation, I shall have an opportunity to forward the point of viev Mr. Manfred Bovditch - (2; - August 21, 1944 which you have expressed and In which I concur, from both the outside and the Inside. I shall do this as vigorously as I am able. So far ns I am concerned I am villing to abide by the results of Inis year's attempt. I am not sending copies of this letter to anyone else, because I do not wish to appear to be playing both ends against the middle in this situation. On the other hand, in view of your remarks I feel that I would like you co understand just what I have in mind and why. Sincerely yours. RAIL ef Robert A . &ehoe ,' M. $ 4o-/